Kyiv vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kyiv	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$850	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2107	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$445	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.5	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$352
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	26
😀 Quality of life	64	12
🏙️ Population	2.95M	2.12M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 19% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6262nd and 6832nd ($850 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Somalia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Kyiv compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Kyiv ranked 1st best city to live in Ukraine vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 4484th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Mogadishu

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	Kyiv	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.61	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.26	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$515	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1066	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$617	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.3	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.37	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.89%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1274	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.23	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.1	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.49	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.21	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.5	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.57	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.1	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.55	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.6	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.6	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7184	$879

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Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752